Chat

The chat in Ark lets you write messages to other players and read their messages.

Channels

Ark has 3 chat "channels":

• Global (↵ Enter or + or + )
• Tribe (Backslash or + or + )
• Alliance (L1 + R1)

Commands (Does Not Apply To Console)

Key	Description
\	Toggle Auto-Hide Chatbox
↵ Enter	Start typing in Global chat
Insert	Start typing in Local chat
/	Start typing in Tribe chat
Home	Start typing in Alliance chat
Pgup	Scroll up Chatbox
Pgdown	Scroll down Chatbox
Tab ↹	(While Chat Input is active) Switch through the different chat types

Colors

The name of the player who wrote a message is colored dependant their relationship to you.

Relationship	Color
In your Tribe	Green
You	Grey
Other	Yellow/Red/Maroon
Alliance	Blue

Chat Emoji Icons

Typing certain characters will replace the text with an emoji in the chat for others to view. The following is a list of known in-game emojis:

Text	Description	Preview
:)	Happy face with eyes closed.
;)	winky face with a sincere smile.
:D	Excited face with mouth and eyes open.
:(	Sad face with one tear.
>:)	Purple devil cheeky face.
:|	Straight face with beady eyes.
:o	(Letter O not zero) Surprised face with big eyes and raised eyebrows.
:P	Eyes closed with tongue out.